ESO: You either Hate to love it or Love to Hate it.

Babe wake up, Cotho uploaded.

When I see Molag Bal, Adabal, and Cold Harbor after playing Vigilant for so long; "How dare you stand where he stood!"

I will comment my thoughts about this video when I finish it, like 2 weeks later

amazing video, you hit the nail on the head perfectly. love the dedication!

I had an amazing time with ESO, but the first time I played, I had no idea I was talking with THE Veloth because I wasn't paying that much attention to him, lmao Oh yeah, ESO also had the nicest mmo community I have ever experienced. A lot of really wholesome people playing this game.

I just didn't like how the story felt like it was stretched all over the place. When i played this game i played through the Vvvardenfell storyline and i felt like Clavicus Vile would never be a big bad evil guy in a major storyline like that, bro just wants to do his real free estate scams but here he goes trying to nuke Vvvardenfell and thus losing lots of potential worshippers and scam victims. Also i haven't played the questline involving Nocturnal trying to invade Nirn or something, but i also find that to be kind of hard to swallow that Nocturnal would do something like that.

Thank you for solidifying my resolve to continue not playing ESO

New cotho video to binge while modding skyrim on my day off? Sign me up!

As always highly appreciated Cotho video! I thought we were gonna get ESO Online lore analysis, but a review analysis is good as well. Hope we get some chunks some day, I have like no time to invest now in getting into a MMORPG for just lore.

The Dev's mom wham wham is iconic

WOO, YEAH BABY! THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!... I mean, new Cotho video, what a delight, I will consume this piece of media while I treat myself to some modded Skyrim Cheers!

So, since what im going to say might be a little controversial, im going to start with this. Great vid, agreed with mostly everything. Im glad someone isent in the echo chamber ignoring all the painfully obvious flaws with ESO, even though I did/do enjoy it quite a bit. Enough to have 2 of every class leveled up with maxed out champion points. Now, the controversial bit. Subscription based MMOs are not your enemy. And pointing out WoW as the example as to why you dislike subscription based games is like 1 in 50 oreos that somehow slipped by without any filling. Almost all the things you dislike (outside of lore and writing issues) are there BECAUSE its a pay once to play game. Intrusive cash shop ads, low matience quality, all over the place update/expansion quality, irl money gambling systems, FOMO shops preying on the mentally weak, ect. All this can in some way be attributed to "you pay once, and then possibly never again". MMOs are expensive. Constantly guzzling more money as they go on. Not to mention the ungodly up front cost. A consistent revenue has a far higher chance of producing a consistent quality. For example, you know what game DOSENT have all those things I mentioned? FFXIV. Yes, you pay a set price monthly. Yes, there IS a cash shop. But ya know what ive never seen? That shop advertised during gameplay. Ive never felt cohered to go look at said shop. I have no way of paying IRL cash for a "currency exchange", and none of the items in said shop just disappear because I wasent fast enough to buy them. This isent even to say the item in said shop are that special either. 85 to 90 percent of the most used outfits/gearsets/mounts/minions all come from in game content. And a good portion of the MOST popular cash shop items are just older event items that were free, and are just thrown up on said shop as a backdoor grab for people who were not there for said event. None of this is me trying to say "lol go play ffxiv nerd". Its just pointing out that IF you want better chances at a stable quality MMO, a subscription based system is FAR more likely to get you it then ESOs system.

do you play on EU or NA? im guessing EU but just making sure lmao i wanted to add you but then i realized you're prob on EU, great vid!

Great video

I can't deal with the inventory fuckery. It is so clearly made to force you to pay or chase you off as inconvenient as it gets.

finally some good content on youtube

I was asked once, what out of numerous issues you have made you quit the game? My answer was: "Yes".

Here we go

HOpe this is like one of these shitting on and calling out corpo shit like on Starfield

It’s such a shame. I’ve played Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim (everyone has played Skyrim lmao). I tried ESO when Tamriel Unlimited came out, and I was shocked at how little it felt like an elder scrolls game. There wasn’t that “seeing a ruin off in the distance and then encountering 10 different places/random encounters on your way to it”. It felt like a theme park, for lacking a better way to put it.

Just 2 hours? When I read the title I was ready for a 12 hour video :(

cool video

In defense of Tales of Tribute, not all card games are of the Trading or Collectible nature. I personally don't really like it when trading card games are in my fantasy games. There are a lot of inventions, both cultural and technological, that would need to exist in those worlds before a trading card game can be lucrative and regulated. It feels like a "twitter OC" moment to me because the world starts seeming like a fan-fictionalized version of itself. So I'd much rather a game within a game not be a whole separate game, but rather an extension of the culture being portrayed. I know the devs probably did not do it that way for this reason -- the lore for the game being shaky is evidence enough for me -- but I like the result nonetheless.

BRO i did not expect to see a Chris Chan clip here lol

I have to disagree with the issue you brought up with item sets and housing. Short version of it, no they're not nerfing old sets so you buy the new expansion that has busted sets. Pillar of Nirn has been one of the best sets in this game for years, same with aegis caller coral riptide, whirl of the depths, and more. Mother's sorrow is a treat magika DPS set and it's base game. And when it comes to housing, you can have some amazing houses just from using gold items. You don't need any crown furnishings for that, let's be honest. The rest of the stuff about the crown store and how it's shitty I do completely agree with. I have 4k hours in this game, so I love playing it, but the game would be so much better with more in-game rewards and less cash shop items, that I can 100% agree with.

Hoy shit, Two hours? HELL YEA!

I've been playing this game since it came out, actually a litte before that since I was in the Beta, and I love it. It's my favorite MMO, even better then WoW at the moment, and I have been enjoying every day of this game for the past 10 years. It's absolutely amazing.

To that final question, to me, TES is the lore and the potential your characters have within it. It started as a tabletop setting, it should continue honoring that superior origin. A linear story is great, especially in a detailed/dynamic sandbox. TES since Oblivion is trite rubbish, for the most part. I love what's called "generic" fantasy, that's just European. I like when it puts an original spin on itself, as TES did initially. Now, we can count on the same tired ideas being reused. As for ESO, people play and pay for it. That's all needs be said. It's making boatloads of money, even if people complain. And, TES will continue ever downwards due to how consumers have tolerated increasingly boring, general, simplistic stories and effort. Let them call canon whatever they want. I trust in my imagination, not some pasty effeminate doughboy's. Ofc, this is in relation to TES as a worldscape. ESO has fun gameplay, but then, so does basically every single MMO. I don't particularly play TES for gameplay, or graphics. I don't finish reading a book because of its cover.

I really feel like ESO is that toxic partner that has lots of amazing things but is also a serial killer on their free time 🤔

eso combat just felt weightless, spammy, and like the abilities didnt do much because you just cast them a ton instead.

ESO which is a game you have to buy anyway, somehow has worse monetization than paladins…and people defend it 😂

I've been playing ESO for 5 years. I still don't like the combat. If there's one thing that has kept a lot of my friends away from the game it actually is the combat not the crown store. Light attack and heavy attack weaving should not be a thing. I would like to see that system replaced with something else that is also engaging / challenging, but doesn't take away from the immersion and fluidity of the combat visuals. The animation canceling as a result of light attack and heavy attack weaving just makes your character look like he's tweaking the f*** out. It's stupid and it should not be the standard in an MMO.

Dude coming out as furry and not even sexy one.

If game is good enough you sub for it but eso is most monetized game in history.

Eso's ability to make the most interesting of lore appear mundane continues to amaze me

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Good video. Also, *imagine* putting that much effort into the crown store but not addding capes into the game even in the year of our lord 2024. (yes i know they caused perfomance issues from before the start, they a decade to fix that, much older games have them and if you're gonna sell shit on a store at least give me something i want)

The intro is why i refuse to deem ESO canon. The unreliable narrator was an excuse cooked up to get out of critising the stupidity of Emil Pagliarulo. We had consistent events between Arena , Daggerfall, and Battlespire. They could have done something with that and a game connecting to Shadowkey. Nope, We get a f*cking MMO that im sure most of us hate with a passion. As soon as im done remodding Skyrim, im reinstalling Arena and Oblivion. The only 2 missing from my Steam collection are Daggerfall and Battlespire. Im still waiting for someone to recreate in Skyrim's Engine. We have Daggerfalls Mainquest thanks to the Skygerfall mod.

I subscribed to this game for 3 years (did not play) because I wanted to support their progress. When I log back on and found out they didn't do shit and created Loot Boxes..., I unsub.

Chris Chan reference xDDDD

The concept of ESO just doesn't sit with me. I mean, imagine you're in charge of a video game company. You have a successful IP the most popular game of which is still alive and well fuck knows how many years after release mainly (if not solely) thanks to its modding scene. And you decide that an MMO is the way to go? Also, Cotho, you're the Bard from Vigilant. Just as he couldn't come to terms with what he's done, you can't come to terms with missing Belharza. Keep an eye out for a Dragonborn, will you?

And thats why i cant get in to ESO it doesn't matter we know how it ends we know the good guy will win so it doesn't matter because it's canon

Hehe this game is garbage